BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine (BMJ EBM) publishes original evidence-based research, insights and opinions on what matters for health care. We focus on the tools, methods, and concepts that are basic and ...

Objectives This study aimed to evaluate the associations between inhaled corticosteroids (ICSs) and adverse events (AEs) in adults with asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and to ...

Correspondence to Dr Mohammad Hassan Murad, Evidence-based Practice Center, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA; murad.mohammad{at}mayo.edu When decision makers make a recommendation based on ...

Correspondence to: Professor Pierre Pluye Department of Family Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3S 1Z1; pierre.pluye{at}mcgill.ca The present letter is to thank Drs Shaw, Larkin ...

1 Section of General Internal Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA 2 Internal Medicine, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio, USA ...

Correspondence to Dr Patricia Logullo, UK EQUATOR Network Centre, Centre for Statistics in Medicine (CSM), University of Oxford, Oxford, OX3 7LD, UK; patricia.logullo{at}ndorms.ox.ac.uk Scientific ...

Care happens in interaction between the patient and the clinician, in conversation where the patient and clinician uncover or develop a shared understanding of the problematic situation of the patient ...

Objectives To compare the effectiveness of different exercise interventions in improving sleep quality and alleviating insomnia severity among patients with insomnia. Design Our study design was a ...

Correspondence to: Michael Power Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle upon Tyne NE7 7DN, UK; Michael.Power{at}NUTH.NHS.UK ‘Training is required to ensure testing practices ...

In the current era of the COVID-19 pandemic, the world has never been more interested in the process of vaccine development. While researchers across the globe race to find an effective yet safe ...

This paper is part of a series of methodological guidance from the Cochrane Rapid Reviews Methods Group. Rapid reviews (RRs) use modified systematic review methods to accelerate the review process ...

An evidence-based approach is considered the gold standard for health decision-making. Sometimes, a guideline panel might judge the certainty that the desirable effects of an intervention clearly ...